Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ակահ (akah).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ակահ (akah) (superlative ամենաակահ)

  1. (dialectal) awake, alert
    Synonyms: արթուն (artʻun), զգաստ (zgast)
  2. (dialectal) aware
    Synonyms: տեղյակ (teġyak), իրազեկ (irazek)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ակահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “ակահ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾkʾs /⁠āgāh⁠/, aware, knowing), Persian آگاه (âgâh, aware). See the latter for more.

Adjective edit

ակահ (akah)

  1. aware
    Synonyms: տեղեակ (tełeak), հասու (hasu)

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ակահ (akah), ագահ (agah), ակախ (akax), ակյախ (akyax)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ակահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ակահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 94
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “ակահ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ակահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy